Poor Photography Syndrome (PPS)
Do you suffer from Poor Photography Syndrome, as I do? Do you live in a cloudy climate, rushing out to take pictures in the only spot of sunshine for miles around, only to discover that the batteries in your camera have died? Do you forget to take a picture of your work during the daylight hours, only remembering after the sun is well down and your only sources of light are the discount lightbulbs of various kinds currently living in your light fixtures? Do your hands shake? Does your macro zoom to the wrong object?
Fear not. You are not alone. I, too, feel the pain of PPS, and have for many years. Today, we have two sterling examples.
Example #1: The unidentified fuzz
Though this is not an irreversible problem, unidentified fuzz plagues those of us with PPS.
I’m fairly proud of this bead, which I made on Friday afternoon. It’s Sky Blue Effetre, decorated with Transparent Aqua stringer. The bead itself is hollow, built on the mandrel in two disks, which I teased together, allowing the air inside to puff the bead out to round. It’s about 12 mm in diameter.
Example #2: Random stuff in the background of the shot
These are my new murrini. Aren’t they nice? Also, random junk on my kitchen table, including the bead I took a picture of moments before.
Posted: January 25th, 2010 under Lampworking.
Tags: glass, lampwork, photos